Sunday Meditation: My Yoke Is Easy

We all know the second part of today’s Gospel, Jesus’s exhortation to take His gentle yoke.  But before He invites you, Jesus is in dialogue with the Father about the revelation of His divinity, and that to only the children does He reveal it.

At that time Jesus exclaimed:

"I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,

for although you have hidden these things

from the wise and the learned

you have revealed them to little ones.

Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.

All things have been handed over to me by my Father.

No one knows the Son except the Father,

and no one knows the Father except the Son

and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him."

 

"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,

and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,

for I am meek and humble of heart;

and you will find rest for yourselves.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."

Mt 11:25-30

 

Why to the children?  John Michael Talbot explains.

 

 

Meditation: Acknowledging Jesus.

“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.”